by Gianna Doxey | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, Chag Sameach. This is the traditional greeting we give each other on holidays and festive occasions. Today we celebrate Yom Ha’atzma’ut – the 77th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. We transition from the solemnity and...
by Gianna Doxey | Apr 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, It has been an eventful few days on campus, and I write today to summarize what transpired, share some thoughts on how to understand these events, and offer some suggestions for next steps in its aftermath. To begin, I want to acknowledge that today is...
by Gianna Doxey | Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Meet Tom Elghanayan ’66 From Tehran to New York: Tom Elghanayan’s Family Journey of Resilience and Success As part of our celebration of Jewish Yalies this February, we spotlight Tom Elghanayan ’66—a name you may recognize as the CEO of TF Cornerstone, an...
by Gianna Doxey | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Email to Slifka Students, from Senior Rabbi Alex Ozar, PhD, February 20, 2025 On That Very Day Dear Slifka family, We join the Jewish world in pain and compounded grief at the sight of the coffins bearing what are believed to be the remains of Oded Lifshitz and Shiri,...
by lynn jackson | Jan 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Email to the Slifka Community, from Executive Director Uri Cohen, January 22, 2025 Dear Friends, I write today with an update about events that took place on campus yesterday. Last night, our Slifka community had the exceptional opportunity to host Naftali...
by Gianna Doxey | Jan 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Originally published on Jan. 21st, 2025, to promote the event, this article has been updated to reflect it as a past occurrence. In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27th, twin brothers Daniel and David Hecht Dumontet ’28, of Silliman College,...